	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	5	1	1	0	0*	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	1	0
First-class	34	47	19	698	92	24.92	1368	51.02	0	4	86	4	17	0
List A	39	13	6	86	24	12.28	118	72.88	0	0	8	2	7	0
Twenty20	32	10	6	31	28	7.75	37	83.78	0	0	1	1	8	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	5	5	84	95	7	2/9	2/9	13.57	6.78	12.0	0	0	0
First-class	34	58	4644	2775	98	7/139	7/60	28.31	3.58	47.3	4	2	0
List A	39	35	1507	1099	36	4/16	4/16	30.52	4.37	41.8	3	0	0
Twenty20	32	28	582	654	32	3/18	3/18	20.43	6.74	18.1	0	0	0

Career statistics

Only ODI	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Hambantota, Nov 12, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, Sep 27, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Jan 28, 2013 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Feb 1-3, 2013 scorecard
Last First-class	Colts Cricket Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Panagoda, Feb 14-17, 2017 scorecard
List A debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Hambantota, Nov 12, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	Colombo v Galle at Colombo (RPS), Apr 29, 2017 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Uthura Rudras v Wayamba United at Colombo (RPS), Aug 12, 2012 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kandy Crusaders v Kurunegala Warriors at Colombo (RPS), Feb 1, 2016 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2/56, 24	Galle	v Colombo	Colombo (RPS)	29 Apr 2017	LA
3/75, 17	Kegalle	v Colombo	Colombo (PSS)	2 Apr 2017	LA
1/25	Kegalle	v Kandy	Colombo (PSS)	31 Mar 2017	LA
0, 4/16	Kegalle	v Badulla	Katunayake	29 Mar 2017	LA
1/46	Kegalle	v Kurunegala	Colombo (Colts)	23 Mar 2017	LA
3/61	SL Pres. XI	v Bangladesh	Colombo (CCC)	22 Mar 2017	Other OD
52*, 2/64, 10, 5/103	Colts	v Tamil Union	Panagoda	14 Feb 2017	FC
33, 0/64, 19, 2/37	Colts	v Nondescripts	Katunayake	5 Feb 2017	FC
24, 3/11, 0	Colts	v Chilaw	Colombo (CCC)	28 Jan 2017	FC
92, 2/103	Colts	v Ragama	Colombo (NCC)	14 Jan 2017	FC

Profile

Another installment from Sri Lanka's production line of unorthodox spinners, Akila Dananjaya sparked controversy when he was picked in the preliminary squad for the 2012 World Twenty20, despite never having played a professional match in his life. Able to deliver a legbreak, googly, carrom ball, doosra and a stock offspinner with astounding control, he had impressed Mahela Jayawardene so much as a net bowler at a Sri Lanka practice session, that Jayawardene requested he be fast-tracked to the national squad.

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